Intermediate technology books

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Expanding Energy Access in Developing Countries: The role of mechanical power

Expanding Energy Access in Developing Countries: The...

Author: UNDP ,  Practical Action Consulting
ISBN: 9781853397042
Format: Paperback
$25.75

Expanding Energy Access in Developing Countries surveys the variety of mechanical power applications and options...  Read More >>

Selling Solar: The Diffusion of Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets

Selling Solar: The Diffusion of Renewable Energy in...

Author: Damian Miller
ISBN: 9781849712101
Format: Paperback
$69.95

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Environment and Industry in Developing Countries: Assessing the Adoption of Environmentally Sound Technology

Environment and Industry in Developing Countries: Assessing...

Author: Ralph A. Luken ,  Frank Van Rompaey
ISBN: 9781845421830
Format: Hardback
$313.50

Industries located in developing countries have made major improvements in environmental performance since the Rio...  Read More >>

Water from Sand Rivers: Guidelines for Abstraction

Water from Sand Rivers: Guidelines for Abstraction

Author: Stephen Hussey
ISBN: 9781843801269
Format: Paperback
$64.56

Sand rivers can be found in arid and semi-arid areas of the world where water is in short supply. Despite their...  Read More >>

Governing Technology for Sustainability

Governing Technology for Sustainability

Author: Joseph Murphy
ISBN: 9781844073450
Format: Hardback
$168.00

Examines the ways that people, technology and governance shape each other with implications for sustainability....  Read More >>

Glaucoma Surgery

Glaucoma Surgery

Author: Graham E. Trope
ISBN: 9780824727437
Format: Hardback
$659.87

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Rural Building Course Volumes 1-4: Four-volume set

Rural Building Course Volumes 1-4: Four-volume set

Author: TOOL
ISBN: 9781853395536
Format: Paperback
$263.87

Comprising Rural Building Course Volumes 1 to 4  Read More >>

Field Guide to Appropriate Technology

Field Guide to Appropriate Technology

Author: Barrett Hazeltine (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) ,  Christopher Bull (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.)
ISBN: 9780123351852
Format: Hardback
$279.84

A guide for nontechnical and technical people working in less developed communities. It includes instructions and...  Read More >>

Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia

Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material...

Author: Richard Tapper (School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK) ,  Keith McLachlan
ISBN: 9780714649276
Format: Hardback
$266.00

This work addresses the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and...  Read More >>

Micro-hydro Pelton Turbine Manual: Design, manufacture and installation for small-scale hydropower

Micro-hydro Pelton Turbine Manual: Design, manufacture...

Author: Jeremy Thake
ISBN: 9781853394607
Format: Paperback
$72.32

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Storm Drainage: An engineering guide to the low-cost evaluation of system performance

Storm Drainage: An engineering guide to the low-cost...

Author: Pete Kolsky
ISBN: 9781853394324
Format: Paperback
$38.68

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Running Water: More technical briefs for health, water and sanitation

Running Water: More technical briefs for health, water...

Author: Rod Shaw ,  Ian Smout
ISBN: 9781853394508
Format: Paperback
$38.68

This second collection of 32 short, highly-illustrated introductions to appropriate water and sanitation technologies...  Read More >>

Small Scale Vertical Shaft Lime Kiln: A practical guide to design, construction and operation

Small Scale Vertical Shaft Lime Kiln: A practical guide...

Author: Kelvin Mason
ISBN: 9781853394652
Format: Paperback
$33.51

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Roots of Change: Human behaviour and agricultural evolution in Mali

Roots of Change: Human behaviour and agricultural evolution...

Author: Brent Simpson
ISBN: 9781853394683
Format: Paperback
$46.45

Focusing attention human creativity and social interaction, and building on the view that these innate human characteristics...  Read More >>

Organic Cotton: From field to final product

Organic Cotton: From field to final product

Author: Dorothy Myers ,  Sue Stolton
ISBN: 9781853394645
Format: Paperback
$64.56

It is organized according to the stages in the 'cotton chain', from farmer to consumer, and covers each topic authoritatively...  Read More >>

Evaporative Air-conditioning: Applications for Environmentally Friendly Cooling

Evaporative Air-conditioning: Applications for Environmentally...

Author: World Bank ,  Gert Jan Bom
ISBN: 9780821343340
Format: Paperback
$58.08

'Under the right conditions and applications, evaporative air-conditioning (EAC) technologies can provide excellent...  Read More >>

Water-Supply and Public Health Engineering

Water-Supply and Public Health Engineering

Author: Denis Smith ,  Dr. Joyce Brown
ISBN: 9780860787549
Format: Hardback
$420.00

This volume traces the evolution of the concept of Public Health and reveals the importance of political will and...  Read More >>

International Technology Transfer and Catch-Up in Economic Development

International Technology Transfer and Catch-Up in Economic...

Author: Slavo Radosevic
ISBN: 9781858987170
Format: Hardback
$285.00

International technology transfer has been an essential element of the ‘catching up’ process in developing countries...  Read More >>

Technology Commercialization: Russian Challenges, American Lessons

Technology Commercialization: Russian Challenges, American...

Author: National Research Council and Russian Academy of Sciences ,  Policy and Global Affairs
ISBN: 9780309061940
Format: Paperback
$102.96

Offers a collection of papers that addresses a variety of legal, regulatory, institutional, and financial issues...  Read More >>

Technology Development in Rural Industries: A study of China's collectives

Technology Development in Rural Industries: A study...

Author: Hannah Piek
ISBN: 9781853394225
Format: Paperback
$64.56

This book is a study of the development and acquisition of technology by a group of small and medium-sized rural...  Read More >>

Field Hydrology in Tropical Countries: A practical introduction

Field Hydrology in Tropical Countries: A practical introduction...

Author: Henry Gunston
ISBN: 9781853394270
Format: Paperback
$33.51

After describing the general principles of working with observers, teams and road vehicles in the remote areas of...  Read More >>

Water and Sanitation for All: Partnerships and innovations

Water and Sanitation for All: Partnerships and innovations...

Author: John Pickford ,  etc.
ISBN: 9781853394447
Format: Paperback
$46.45

Water and Sanitation for All is a collection of selected papers from the 23rd WEDC Conference in Durban, South Africa...  Read More >>

Low-cost Electrification: Affordable electricity installation for low-income households in developing countries

Low-cost Electrification: Affordable electricity installation...

Author: Nigel Smith
ISBN: 9781853394546
Format: Paperback
$25.75

This paper looks at why efforts to provide electricity to poor households have had only limited success and recommends...  Read More >>

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